Heather acknowledged that we are squatting on the unceded land of the Abenaki and Mahican peoples. Friday, May 5th, was Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Day. According to a White House proclamation in recognition of this day, the government is working to increase interagency cooperation in response to missing and murdered indigenous persons (1). The … Continue reading 7May2023 Minutes →

Since climate change is being driven by the same capitalistic practices that fuel past and present colonialism, we are sharing these important action items in recognition of the Abenaki and Mahican peoples on whose lands we are living. Friday, May 5th, was Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Day. According to a White House proclamation in … Continue reading Action Items on Indigenous Issues →

Spring is in the air! Here are a few photos from our Earth Day activities! Dave and Melissa tabling at the Farmers Market for No Mow May: For more information on No Mow May, go to: https://350rutlandcounty.home.blog/2023/04/12/no-mow-may/ Candy and Tracy cleaning up the Everybody Eats vegetable garden at the Vermont Farmers Food Center: Heather working … Continue reading Earth Day 2023 →

We're excited to announce our No Mow May campaign! This is a nationwide movement to leave all or parts of our lawns un-mowed during May. This is great for bees and other pollinators, which are endangered right now. It gives the pollinators a chance to get started in collecting pollen from the flowers that bloom … Continue reading No Mow May →

Heather acknowledged that we are squatting on the unceded land of the Abenaki and Mahican peoples. You may recall that the Pope recently apologized for the genocidal crimes committed by officials of the Catholic Church at Residential Schools where Native American children were forcibly rounded up and subjected to violent assimilation and sexual abuse. Many … Continue reading 2Apr2023 Meeting Minutes →

Please ask investors to shut down the last coal plant in New England: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-investors-to-retire-the-merrimack-station-coal-plant Click here for talking points from our friends at the No Coal No Gas campaign For the first time, New England's last coal-fired power plant without a shutdown date in Bow, NH has failed to win funding at a "forward capacity auction" … Continue reading Ask investors to shut down the last coal plant in New England →

Heather acknowledged that we are squatting on the unceded land of the Abenaki and Mahican peoples. Historical and modern-day forms of capitalistic colonialism are fueling climate change. So it’s interesting to note that an advertisement from the 1970s of a man dressed as a Native American crying at the sight of pollution has now been … Continue reading 19Mar2023 Meeting Minutes →

Heather acknowledged that we are squatting on the unceeded land of the Abenaki and Mahican. To fight climate change we have to fight for racial justice. The forces that are driving climate justice are founded on racist economic practices that drive historical and present day colonization. And this is a deadly fight. In 2018, HuffPost … Continue reading 5Feb2023 Meeting Minutes →

We have until March 13th to comment on the US Forest Service (USFS) plan for logging in Telephone Gap. You can submit a comment here: https://cara.fs2c.usda.gov/Public/CommentInput?Project=60192 If you have more than one comment, we suggest you submit each comment one at a time on different days to get more attention. Here are the top 5 … Continue reading March 13th deadline to comment on logging in Telephone Gap →

We are squatting on the unceeded land of the Abenaki and Mahican. To fight climate change we have to fight for racial justice. The forces that are driving climate justice are founded on racist economic practices that drive historical and present day colonization. And this is a deadly fight. In 2018, HuffPost reported that 4 … Continue reading Action items following the death of an indigenous environmentalist →